Cancer season starts with the longest night of the year in the southern hemisphere, marking the official beginning of winter. and in the northern hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year, marking the start of summer.

…Cancer is a cardinal sign meaning it starts a new season in the four-season system of a year. we can interpret this as a initiating energy that envisions, begins and leads the way. Cancer is a water sign. it is associated with the Moon. i feel like Cancer energy is very connected to care and intimacy. as well as a kind of creative making process that is connected to the home or an emotional space in which something can grow. Cancer always makes me think of tides, where ebb and flow are a natural rhythm.

some keywords we can associate with Cancer are: intuiting / cultivating / tending / memory / nourishment. (remember, this doesn’t necessarily mean people with a Cancer sun always connects with these words, rather i am speaking to the archetypal quality of the zodiac sign itself.)

the constellation of Cancer is indicated by the “Crab” – an animal that lives close to water-bodies, had a sometimes delicate protective shell and a very gooey centre. common astrological understandings of this sign often describe Cancers as sensitive, emotional, even moody or sometimes passive aggressive. while this is not wrong, i think that there is more to Cancer in regard especially to their cardinal qualities. they sometimes have an uncanny sense of what the future might hold, and can make good leaders who care very sincerely. but initiating and leading through the energy of the element of water, a quality that flows, can sometimes be challenging.

sometimes, when Cancer energy is stagnant and there is not enough emotional movement, then the waters can get quite stinky. and the problem is that Cancer, ruled by the moon, loves comfort and coziness. so something i feel is important for Cancer energy to understand is that often motion and change is what actually brings comfort and a sense of ease or flow.

this month’s horoscopes are written through the lens of a feeling of “home” for each sign.

cancer

your home is the particular feeling of balance around which you orbit. remember that balance is an ever changing phenomena. let perspectives change. a big opportunity to grow your equanimity is approaching, take it.

when you tend the relationship between you and the things you orbit, you tend your vitality. this work is often quiet, even hidden, but it is your anchor.

leo

your home is an intuitive hunch, one that you silently protect. honour the ways in which you are mysterious and secretive. play detective games with your ancestors.
be reclusive if you need to.

withdrawal may not feel so possible when you’re constantly on display. but finding pockets of silence in the upcoming weeks will support the start of a new cycle for you.

virgo

your home is that expansive love of new experiences that people don’t often expect from you and are sometimes surprised by. surprise people. be unashamedly yourself this season. follow your instincts and permit yourself to be rude, assertive, even embarrassing.

remember that annoyance often reveals one’s own needs and boundaries. this is no time for passive aggressive behaviour
(or being careless with knives).

libra

your home is the sensation of a thing clicking into place. don’t forget that sometimes things take a long time to click. remember that patience is also a game.

this season brings a subtle (or not) feeling of corner-turning. radical shifts in your belief systems could just bring you more into a new alignment of yourself. it’s ok for your public image to grow into a different form.

scorpio

your home is your weirdness and the mysterious sense of joy you get from knowing how deeply strange you actually are (especially in private). get curious about the power of weirdness.

there’s a brightening that’s happening – maybe a gradual (bigger) understanding of the map that guides your life. trust that a gentle sense of self-integration is in store but let this process be subtle. in the meantime, respect the limits of your body.

sagittarius

your home is the pleasant, fuzzy sensation of oneness that you get when you’re in a flow. but sensing oneness inevitably means feeling into the grief of the world. don’t let astrological stereotypes make you feel like sagittarius is not full of terrible grief.

behind (or within) your warmth you are also very sad. but right now, your grief is also some sort of energy-source. be creative with it and let it return you to that homing sensation of oneness.

capricorn

your home is that hidden part of you that takes risks with ease when your instincts say “yes”. right now, let your instincts move at a measured pace.

allow your close one-on-one relationships reflect something important about yourself back to you, including your gifts, your strengths. there’s a bigger, slower process unfolding that wants to rearrange both your center and foundation. you don’t need to understand it, you just need to be present with it.

aquarius

your home is the solid understanding, the one that you know  with your body, that real loving human  connection is always possible and actually always happening. return to this home whenever you enter an emotional darkness, or that itchy emotional grinding feeling.

in the background of your life, there is a gentle but consistent kind of fortification process happening to your sense of self, embrace it.

pisces

your home is the curiosity that keeps you tethered to our shared human world, even in the moments when it feels most natural to drift off. your home is the company of people, even though you also need to be alone.

play with the pleasure of your contrasting needs. delight in them as one would be delighted in a child’s mysterious logic. despite everything, there’s a kind of holiness available in the time and space that you give for playing right now.

aries

your home is the sweet nostalgia and warmth you feel when you hear or see children playing (even if you’re not into kids). there’s something about the sincerity of their games that inspires you.

let yourself be tender and a little gooey this season, even if its uncomfortable or inappropriate. find the simplicity of home and let it comfort you during times of overwhelmingly ambiguous weight.

taurus

your home is the nourishing warmth you experience whenever you feel truly seen. don’t forget to truly see yourself on a regular basis, and to recognize yourself with kindness in your eyes – this is your fertilizer.

this season brings a sweetness to your daily rituals, so try to learn from the wise little gurus that live inside the mundane. when it comes to creativity, be interested in how competition (also with yourself) is pleasurable.

gemini

your home is the strange trance you enter when you nerd out on a certain topic and let the information wash through you. don’t fight this part of you, fight for this part of you. the obscure strings of data you accumulate ultimately come from a place of care, a desire to be of of service.

be rational about your options when it comes to fearing change and working with change. either way, change is afoot.